Handles sending a password retrieval email to a user.
$user_loginstringoptional
$_POST['user_login'] if not set.Default:null
function retrieve_password( $user_login = null ) {
$errors = new WP_Error();
$user_data = false;
// Use the passed $user_login if available, otherwise use $_POST['user_login'].
if ( ! $user_login && ! empty( $_POST['user_login'] ) ) {
$user_login = $_POST['user_login'];
}
$user_login = trim( wp_unslash( $user_login ) );
if ( empty( $user_login ) ) {
$errors->add( 'empty_username', __( '<strong>Error:</strong> Please enter a username or email address.' ) );
} elseif ( strpos( $user_login, '@' ) ) {
$user_data = get_user_by( 'email', $user_login );
if ( empty( $user_data ) ) {
$user_data = get_user_by( 'login', $user_login );
}
if ( empty( $user_data ) ) {
$errors->add( 'invalid_email', __( '<strong>Error:</strong> There is no account with that username or email address.' ) );
}
} else {
$user_data = get_user_by( 'login', $user_login );
}
/**
* Filters the user data during a password reset request.
*
* Allows, for example, custom validation using data other than username or email address.
*
* @since 5.7.0
*
* @param WP_User|false $user_data WP_User object if found, false if the user does not exist.
* @param WP_Error $errors A WP_Error object containing any errors generated
* by using invalid credentials.
*/
$user_data = apply_filters( 'lostpassword_user_data', $user_data, $errors );
/**
* Fires before errors are returned from a password reset request.
*
* @since 2.1.0
* @since 4.4.0 Added the `$errors` parameter.
* @since 5.4.0 Added the `$user_data` parameter.
*
* @param WP_Error $errors A WP_Error object containing any errors generated
* by using invalid credentials.
* @param WP_User|false $user_data WP_User object if found, false if the user does not exist.
*/
do_action( 'lostpassword_post', $errors, $user_data );
/**
* Filters the errors encountered on a password reset request.
*
* The filtered WP_Error object may, for example, contain errors for an invalid
* username or email address. A WP_Error object should always be returned,
* but may or may not contain errors.
*
* If any errors are present in $errors, this will abort the password reset request.
*
* @since 5.5.0
*
* @param WP_Error $errors A WP_Error object containing any errors generated
* by using invalid credentials.
* @param WP_User|false $user_data WP_User object if found, false if the user does not exist.
*/
$errors = apply_filters( 'lostpassword_errors', $errors, $user_data );
if ( $errors->has_errors() ) {
return $errors;
}
if ( ! $user_data ) {
$errors->add( 'invalidcombo', __( '<strong>Error:</strong> There is no account with that username or email address.' ) );
return $errors;
}
/**
* Filters whether to send the retrieve password email.
*
* Return false to disable sending the email.
*
* @since 6.0.0
*
* @param bool $send Whether to send the email.
* @param string $user_login The username for the user.
* @param WP_User $user_data WP_User object.
*/
if ( ! apply_filters( 'send_retrieve_password_email', true, $user_login, $user_data ) ) {
return true;
}
// Redefining user_login ensures we return the right case in the email.
$user_login = $user_data->user_login;
$user_email = $user_data->user_email;
$key = get_password_reset_key( $user_data );
if ( is_wp_error( $key ) ) {
return $key;
}
// Localize password reset message content for user.
$locale = get_user_locale( $user_data );
$switched_locale = switch_to_user_locale( $user_data->ID );
if ( is_multisite() ) {
$site_name = get_network()->site_name;
} else {
/*
* The blogname option is escaped with esc_html on the way into the database
* in sanitize_option. We want to reverse this for the plain text arena of emails.
*/
$site_name = wp_specialchars_decode( get_option( 'blogname' ), ENT_QUOTES );
}
$message = __( 'Someone has requested a password reset for the following account:' ) . "\r\n\r\n";
/* translators: %s: Site name. */
$message .= sprintf( __( 'Site Name: %s' ), $site_name ) . "\r\n\r\n";
/* translators: %s: User login. */
$message .= sprintf( __( 'Username: %s' ), $user_login ) . "\r\n\r\n";
$message .= __( 'If this was a mistake, ignore this email and nothing will happen.' ) . "\r\n\r\n";
$message .= __( 'To reset your password, visit the following address:' ) . "\r\n\r\n";
/*
* Since some user login names end in a period, this could produce ambiguous URLs that
* end in a period. To avoid the ambiguity, ensure that the login is not the last query
* arg in the URL. If moving it to the end, a trailing period will need to be escaped.
*
* @see https://core.trac.wordpress.org/tickets/42957
*/
$message .= network_site_url( 'wp-login.php?login=' . rawurlencode( $user_login ) . "&key=$key&action=rp", 'login' ) . '&wp_lang=' . $locale . "\r\n\r\n";
if ( ! is_user_logged_in() ) {
$requester_ip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
if ( $requester_ip ) {
$message .= sprintf(
/* translators: %s: IP address of password reset requester. */
__( 'This password reset request originated from the IP address %s.' ),
$requester_ip
) . "\r\n";
}
}
/* translators: Password reset notification email subject. %s: Site title. */
$title = sprintf( __( '[%s] Password Reset' ), $site_name );
/**
* Filters the subject of the password reset email.
*
* @since 2.8.0
* @since 4.4.0 Added the `$user_login` and `$user_data` parameters.
*
* @param string $title Email subject.
* @param string $user_login The username for the user.
* @param WP_User $user_data WP_User object.
*/
$title = apply_filters( 'retrieve_password_title', $title, $user_login, $user_data );
/**
* Filters the message body of the password reset mail.
*
* If the filtered message is empty, the password reset email will not be sent.
*
* @since 2.8.0
* @since 4.1.0 Added `$user_login` and `$user_data` parameters.
*
* @param string $message Email message.
* @param string $key The activation key.
* @param string $user_login The username for the user.
* @param WP_User $user_data WP_User object.
*/
$message = apply_filters( 'retrieve_password_message', $message, $key, $user_login, $user_data );
// Short-circuit on falsey $message value for backwards compatibility.
if ( ! $message ) {
return true;
}
/*
* Wrap the single notification email arguments in an array
* to pass them to the retrieve_password_notification_email filter.
*/
$defaults = array(
'to' => $user_email,
'subject' => $title,
'message' => $message,
'headers' => '',
);
/**
* Filters the contents of the reset password notification email sent to the user.
*
* @since 6.0.0
*
* @param array $defaults {
* The default notification email arguments. Used to build wp_mail().
*
* @type string $to The intended recipient - user email address.
* @type string $subject The subject of the email.
* @type string $message The body of the email.
* @type string $headers The headers of the email.
* }
* @param string $key The activation key.
* @param string $user_login The username for the user.
* @param WP_User $user_data WP_User object.
*/
$notification_email = apply_filters( 'retrieve_password_notification_email', $defaults, $key, $user_login, $user_data );
if ( $switched_locale ) {
restore_previous_locale();
}
if ( is_array( $notification_email ) ) {
// Force key order and merge defaults in case any value is missing in the filtered array.
$notification_email = array_merge( $defaults, $notification_email );
} else {
$notification_email = $defaults;
}
list( $to, $subject, $message, $headers ) = array_values( $notification_email );
$subject = wp_specialchars_decode( $subject );
if ( ! wp_mail( $to, $subject, $message, $headers ) ) {
$errors->add(
'retrieve_password_email_failure',
sprintf(
/* translators: %s: Documentation URL. */
__( '<strong>Error:</strong> The email could not be sent. Your site may not be correctly configured to send emails. <a href="%s">Get support for resetting your password</a>.' ),
esc_url( __( 'https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/reset-your-password/' ) )
)
);
return $errors;
}
return true;
}
Filters the errors encountered on a password reset request.
Fires before errors are returned from a password reset request.
Filters the user data during a password reset request.
Filters the message body of the password reset mail.
Filters the contents of the reset password notification email sent to the user.
Filters the subject of the password reset email.
Filters whether to send the retrieve password email.
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https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/retrieve_password